Health

The leading U.S. Federal Public Health Agency has rewritten its definition to include people who are at risk of coronavirus who come into close contact with infected individuals in several short outbreaks over a 24-hour period. The new definition of “close contact” released by the Centers for Disease Control and …

A new study shows that fewer New Yorkers are dying from coronavirus than health experts expect. Natural mortality has fallen below the high levels seen at the onset of the outbreak, leading to drastic changes in the immune system in people. Since New York became the epicenter of the epidemic …

ROME – If you turn on the Italian news right now, you’ll be forgiven for thinking you’ve been back since March. Only fields of covid-units, field hospitals are being set up, pictures of tired medics and coffins are making headlines again as Italy catches up with the deadly second wave …

Democrats on the panel, who plan to fill their seats during the polls, are drawing attention to a court case over the constitutionality of the 2010 Health Care Act, relying on the Affordable Care Act. “This has been a shameful process from the beginning,” the Senate Democrats said in a …

Mainz, Germany On a Friday in late January, Ugur Sahin received an email with bad news: A new study of a deadly new coronavirus in China suggests it is more contagious than previously thought. He believed the outbreak was likely to be an epidemic. The following Monday, the chief executive …